Physiotherapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic senior physiotherapist on a fixed term 12-month basis.

Our Physical Health Inpatient Units aim to provide an inclusive rehabilitative service that empowers service users to develop the tools they need to improve their health and wellbeing — enabling them to heal, grow and reclaim their lives.

Our Physiotherapists should share our values, demonstrate curiosity, and welcomes challenges at West Berkshire Community Hospital. You’ll manage a complex caseload, delivering tailored rehabilitation to adults and older adults with multi-pathologies and frailty. Using advanced clinical reasoning, specialist manual skills, and collaborative goal-setting, you’ll help maximise potential, regain independence and transition successfully to the community.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is a compassionate trust, with a commitment to constant improvement within the fast-moving healthcare environment. All staff have the opportunity for training in leadership, service improvement, and personal growth through structured supervision and regular bespoke development opportunities.

If you are looking for a role that will stretch your clinical reasoning, develop your leadership skills and give you scope to influence service development in a rewarding environment, this could be your next step.

Flexible working, part-time, and job-share options are available for the right candidate.

• Clinically you will be working with rehabilitation, medical, palliative, and neurological patients.
• Provide a high standard of physiotherapy for adults living within West of Berkshire
• Accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management
• Responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical and management priorities and use of time
• Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use clinical reasoning and analytical skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition
• Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy management and treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, treatment skills e.g. manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes and other alternative options.
• Evaluate patient progress, continually re-assess and alter treatment programmes in order to progress treatments effectively
• For those who wish to develop their management skills there is the opportunity to supervise junior staff and students.
• You will help to develop this exciting service to meet the changing needs of our population.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at

Berkshire Healthcare are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role

• - Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• - HCPC registration
• - Pre/post registration experience within core physiotherapy rotations
• - Pre/post registration experience within NHS
• - Clinical knowledge and skill in relevant areas which could include orthopaedics, neurology, care of the elderly, vascular.
• - Ability to manage own caseload independently and ascertain of responsibility, prioritise and delegate

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.

Please don’t hesitate to call

Bethany Robson on 01635 273758 or email Bethany.Robson@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jul 2026